The Astonishing Hypothesis Author:Francis Crick Traditionally, the human soul is regarded as a nonphysical concept that can only be examined by psychiatrists and theologists. In his new book, The Astonishing Hypothesis, Nobel Laureate Francis Crick boldly straddles the line between science and spirituality by examining the soul from the standpoint of a modern scientist, basing the soul's exis... more »tence and function on an in-depth examination of how the human brain "sees."« less